New picts of my pups per JVAL's request...

5:20
James bails out , "dude, I got jet, I got dinner with the 'ents tonight, I got run, don't worry you'll get her in. Imagine how many single speed geeks sitting around their computer right now trying to get in! Holy cow! And who's a bigger geek, you trying to get in or LWebb out riding asking you to get her in? There are...

I quickly interrupt James, "don't tell me, I don't want to know how many are in, I just don't want to know..."

James, "Okay, dude, later..."

5:21

finally, the race page, I check entry, t-shirt size, NO VELONEW SUBSCRIPTION, hit submit... White screen again... Thoughts of impatience rip through my head, "f-ck, hurry up, hurry up," Finally the check out. I think to myself, "Okay, where's LWebb's CC #, shit, it's in my planner, in my bag, crap..." I rip into my bag pull it out. Enter it up, hit enter. " please allow 2 minutes for processing..."

"yes, this is good" I think to myself. confirmation shoots up. "Yes, Got her in!" I go back to the confirmed rider list just to make sure; I see Karl F, Dan O, Wes the conqueror, Buddy, RickyD have all gotten in. Where's Matt. "shit, Matt's not in yet..."

5:25
I call Buddy. "dude was that not the craziest thing ever?" Buddy responds "man, that was nuts, I couldn't get bikereg.com to move." I ask, "is Matt getting in?" Buddy, "I don't know." I continue, " dude, I just got LWebb in, give him a call or worst case get him in with another id." Buddy, "right on man, shit this is crazy..." I reply, " hella yeah!"

5:30

I check the confirmed riders list, 230. Holy Shit. Still no Matt. I find out by the time I get home that Matt has made the cut. 339 at 6:00pm. I didn't plan on drinking a beer tonight, but shit after the stress of that, I crack open a magic hat with a sense of victory.

a quick glance shows many more friends heading to state college: Joe Foley, Les, Erin G, Big Time Butch, Roadie Mike K (who kicked my ass saturday), Elk, Dave C. (your dad is a great professor), Jed from Gretna, Jed from College Park, Trevor M, Topher and his magical beard... I'm sure there are more... That was cool... by 9:30 last night registration was closed...

"I'm going to worlds baby!, I'm going to worlds!!"

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